Electronic cable yoke socket with locking mechanism

A socket for removably retaining plugs, the socket comprising:

• a socket body having, on a first surface, apertures forming mouths to bores sized to accept connectors born by the plugs;
• a groove cut into a second surface of the socket body to expose a portion of a connector when one of the connectors is inserted into one of the bores;
• a rod disposed within the groove and sized to interact with a retaining recess on an exposed portion of one of the connectors when one of the connectors is inserted into one of the bores;
• a piece of resilient material sized to cover a portion of the rod;
• and
• means for compressing the resilient material, biasing the rod to provide a detent for retaining a plug in the socket when a plug is inserted therein.

A yoke socket system for removably retaining individual lead plugs, the yoke socket system comprising:

• a lead plug having at one end a connector with a retention recess on a lateral surface thereof;
• and
• a yoke socket comprising:
• a socket body having an aperture forming a mouth of a bore sized to accept the connector;
• and
• a locking mechanism comprising:
• a locking rod sized to fit the retention recess;
• a groove in the yoke socket, the groove penetrating into the bore and with the locking rod disposed in the groove to reach the retention recess;
• resilient material sized to cover the locking rod;
• and
• means for compressing the resilient material to bias the locking rod towards the retaining recesses providing a detent for stabilizing an interaction between the yoke socket and the lead plug when the plug is inserted into the yoke socket.

A yoke socket system for removably retaining lead plugs, the yoke socket system comprising:

• lead plugs comprising:
• leads;
• lead plug bodies with connection recesses, one of the leads attached to a first end of each of the lead plug bodies;
• and
• connectors with retention recesses on a lateral surface thereof, one of the connectors attached to a second end of each of the lead plug bodies;
• a yoke socket comprising:
• a socket body having an aperture forming a mouth to a bore sized to accept one of the connectors;
• and
• a locking mechanism comprising:
• a locking rod sized to fit the retention recess;
• a groove in the yoke socket penetrating into the bore with the locking rod disposed in the groove to reach the retention recess;
• resilient material sized to cover the locking rod;
• and
• means for compressing the resilient material to bias the locking rod towards the retaining recesses providing a detent for stabilizing an interaction between the yoke socket and the lead plug when the plug is inserted into the yoke socket;
• and
• a plug combiner comprising two interconnectable combiner sections for connecting together around the lead plugs and temporarily aggregating them into an assembly by interacting with the connection recesses.